January 05, 2007

In Other News, I Polished My Polish Sword...

Why do we call it 'DEE-fense' when we're talking about a sport and 'de-FENSE' when we're talking about a country?

Posted by Chris at January 5, 2007 04:47 PM

Category: General Weirdness
Comments

... or DA-fense when it's an object to be painted in a cheesy 80s martial arts movie?

Posted by: chess h at January 5, 2007 07:19 PM

When you consider that maybe the football culture mispronounces defense and offense, don't take o-FFENSE.

Posted by: paul at January 9, 2007 10:21 AM